its not announced early, its just that the winner is always notified hours beforehand, so when real madrid realized none of their players got notified, they knew rodri won
i thought romano ruined it but he said vinicius. then he said rodri so i thought maybe it was unreliable but the leaked list ended up being accurate lol
The fact that Watkins had one of the highest G/A in the world without a single pen and lead Villa to a top 4 finish, scored a clutch goal in the semi final of the euros only to not even get nominated is a disgrace, if they could nominate Olmo, palmer and Lookman then Watkins deserves a spot too
Real has no problem with fellow spaniard Rodri winning the B'dor, they really want the player at the club. They just have a problem with the inconsistencies in the criteria of the award that is the result of the blatant corruption
No one actually knows the criteria for Ballon D'or winner. Foden was City's best player last year but finished behind Haaland. Dani Olmo fnished 13th for one month of class after being poor for Leipzig. Mbappe did nothing special and finished above Lautaro Martinez who won Serie A, Copa Italia, Copa America and being top scorer in both competitions and scoring the winning goal. Lookman finished 14th off ONE GAME and Salah wasnt even nominated, what a joke.
Lautaro won the Supercoppa It was Juventus who won Coppa Italia Plus Lookman was incredible all season for Atalanta he isn't a one match wonder like Rashford
I mean, none of what you said is about the winner but fair enough. For the winner it s generally WC>Euros>Champions League. Copa America is a strange one as you said, for some reason it didn’t push Lautaro very high this year but it did count for Messi. Overall we just care about some random journalists opinions too much I feel, maybe the French-speaking journalists wanted to vote Mbappe while the Latin Americans didn’t vote Lautaro due to the rivalries there and that s why the vote ended up as it did, this is a French newspaper handling the voting after all
One of the people who should feel the MOST robbed is Lautaro Martinez, for not even getting a mention in the conversation for the Ballon D'or after having done it for club AND country like Rodri did. All of that while also netting a surreal amount of goal contributions and big game moments.
probably one of the greatest comebacks, he was good for his club 1-2 years ago but not for his country but this year he proved EVERYONE wrong. Easily better than Vini or Bellingham imo, made both his club and country proud.
@@soraeshan8082 And? Mbappe won nothing of any importance and got less far in the euros and UCL with a worse g/a record in a better team on form Yamal did nothing most of the season and he was outshone by Nico Williams at the Euros, the only thing he won. Also an average g/a record, although impressive for his age. And Kane had the best g/a record in Europe, carried Bayern to a champion's league semi final, played through injury to take England to the Euros final, and was completely unplayable all season.
@@Chloeprettyoccasionally mbappe won ligue 1 bruh. Kane went trophyless in bundesliga, brother Bayern did not win a single trophy for the first time in god knows how long. Thats different levels of shame.
@@steamroll50 yeah no one can ever say anything bad about Messi or Ronaldo being “sore losers” cause they didn’t attend but with Vini everyone wants to hate
@@DCFlorez And idiots still say that we are corrupt when a *certain* club literally paid the refs for decades. It's us against the world. Vini fully deserved it and will win it soon
Messi and Ronaldo were in a class of their own. No one can go up to their face and insult these two and expect zero consequences. If Haaland didn't (which he shouldn't cuz its disrespectful), he would definitely be witch hunted by social media and the press.
@@kwanlinus6999thats no excuse to disrespect rodri i used to root for mbappe to achieve more than haaland but now i want haaland to have the most success of the new age trio (vini’s the third of the trio)
@Bluemoon933 exactly. Vini on the other hand was just capitalizing on his anti-racism campaign for something completely unrelated. Meanwhile, Vini will not say a thing about how Madridstas racially abused David Alaba after he voted Messi over Benzema in Ballon d'Or voting
yeah it's clearly just for show to represent some esoteric quality of being favored that year for whatever reason. Doesn't have much to do with who actually is the best player, rather, it's some kind of abstract indicator of prestige and random whim
This video should go viral. I hear people saying real are right for doing this but just imagine where rodri is coming from. Imagine being one of the forerunners of the national team that won you clubs nation the euros and then not attending leaving him alone at the podium and not even tweeting to congratulate him as representatives of the biggest club in the world.PATHETIC
Rodri deserved it, last season whenever we had to play without him, we weren't up to City standards and were in shambles, he was the anchor to one of the world's best teams and was an exceptional POTS in the Euros
@@adviso7472de bruyne never won player of the month because of consistency If Rodri played like shit for city they would be caught on the counter so many times like that are now
@@adviso7472 but got voted player of the Euros Every time City played without rodri they lost, excluding the fa cup final and post arsenal games He was in every meaning of the word, important, not just with his control of the game but with his goals, even if that goal against Sheffield United that won City the game 2 1 didn't go in, City would have lost the league, and ye he had 12 G/A less then Vini, a winger
If anyone had ever seen Real Madrid TV, this victim mentality is a part of their club. Robby Lou made a video on it, if anyone wants to check it out, but its rarely spoken about. They complain and cry after every defeat.. and it spreads through the fanbase.. and puts pressure on referees
It's also a disgrace that Palmer finished 25th. I'm not saying he should be top 3, or even top 5. But come on, he single handedly dragged an abysmal Chelsea side to 6th in the league. We would've been bottom half if not for him. His stats are just ridiculous. Also chuck in the fact that he scored in the acutal Euros final. Should be top 10, in my opinion.
Ballon D’or is a popularity contest unfortunately. Journalists who only watch football through sofascore are only gonna vote for Palmer if he hires a PR team
I love the fact Madrid chose to leave Rodri to accept his award alone As a City fan, I now have no worries that Rodri will be leaving for Madrid as they have spoiled his big night (also journalists ruined it by leaking the info) Also these players who are supporting Vini are absolutely shameless Bro is an attacker and barely got more G/A than Rodri in open play Not to mention how bad he is for Brazil If Bellingham's chances for Ballon D'or were stunted by his performances for England then Vini's chances should have died as well, more so cause he was worse for country
The Ballon D'Or is actually just so annoying now like no one knows the criteria for the rankings, journalists ruin the event, clubs and players don't take it seriously, yet it still gets so much coverage. It really doesn't hold that much value, it's just an award from a magazine! Everything about it is a joke
Here is a list (my opinion) of what the Balon Dor would look like if it was fair/fairer 1 - Rodri - individually i do still think he was better and more important to his team its just hard to show because City could win the Prem with their B team at this point 2 - Viny - the best attacker in terms of output for his team who won everything (importance on HIS team) outside of the Spanish Cup but overall not even near top output compared to others even with adjusted minutes 3 - Jude Bellingham - Fantastic start and debut season for club and country but towards the later parts he was really lacking on off the ball play which might have cost him a Euros still clutch from time to time 4 - Harry Kane - Despite not winning anything cause of a broken Bayern side and losing in the final Kane for me was the best performer of the year , most complete in-form striker right now just sucks that he is anti clutch but if we are being honest his teammates also massively failed him from time to time 5 - Lautaro Martinez - Top scorer in the second best League in the world (per Uefa and Opta ) and top scorer in the Copa America , won a domestic double and his confederations trophy by being the main man , an early UCL exit is all he has for wrongs 6 - Alejandro Grimaldo - Euro winner and invincible domestic double and Europa league finalist , lost 1 game all year , was the best performing full back in the world along side his counterpart Frimpong , also insane output as a fullback actually 3 G/A off Vinicius himself AS A FULLBACK 7 - Toni Kroos - Great last season from an individuall and team prespective , Toni pretty much as class as always Germany's defeat is the only reason he isnt higher Anything under these 7 players can be whatever imo these are the only players who were clear cut better than everyone else , shout outs however go to , Salah , Rudiger , F. Valverde , Foden , Palmer , Halaand , Xhaka , Carvajal , Emi Martinez , Calhanoglou , Frimpong , Wirtz , Saliba , Rice in no particular order
Vini had 37 g/a the whole season and rodri had 26 . International tournaments matter more these days when it comes to ballon d'or. This behavior from real is egregious
@hariharankrishnan4101 the fact that international tournaments matter so much more is a disgrace, vini won the ucl, la liga and super cup and it was very evident when he wasnt playing, look at city now that rodri isnt playing, theyre top of the table, vini deserves it
It is very shameful to be a Madrid fan atm. Like what disgraceful and distasteful behaviour. We are the best club ever and have the best players and we are acting like petty little girls
Man shut up you fake fan. We’re not the first to not show up and we won’t be the last. There’s absolutely no shame in the club choosing to support its player
@@jonenthusiast_vini is the literal reason they even won their trophies, Jude had a great season yes but vini was carrying more even when he was out with two injuries during the season
Madrid fans: but but but ballon dor lost it's credibility and we care about who actually deserve it.... (But the award is still credible as long as our favorite players won it)
Most Madrid fans are braindead and only care about success they’re the biggest losers who live through the success of others hence why they support them
I am fine with Rodri winning it. My issue is how people wanted to see Vini lose rather than Rodri winning it. Rodri had an even better season last year and yet barely anyone wanted him to win it or even make the podium. It seems so disingenuous and shows how far this award has fallen
I would like the Ballon d'Or to be like a hall of fame induction. You win once and that's it. Sneijder, Neuer, Ribery, Xavi, Neymar etc. would all be uncontested winners.
Fr, ask any player or legend that has won every type of trophy for club and country, ask them what their favorite trophy is and most will name their international trophies.
because it shouldn't. It's only a few games. If it's meant to represent the best player in the world that year, trophies shouldn't matter, only individual performance. But it doesn't mean that, obviously, and honestly, the Ballon D'or doesn't really mean anything
@@poptraxx418 that wasn't my argument to begin with. I said international trophy is more important achievement to a player that has won everything. It means more winning silverware for your country. Plus you can't compare club and national football. They both are affected by different factors. In international football teams you work with what you what, you get to meet for a limited amount of time therefore it's not as easy to drill tactics and chemistry like with a club. The competitions are spaced apart in a lengthy gap which can see drastic changes to the team from one tournament to the next since you can't replenish the squad by simply buying talents. You can go from having a super squad to a having bums from one international tournament to the next.
People here talking about robberies like the last one wasn’t one of the biggest robberies of all time. Erling Haaland had one of if not the best seasons a striker could ever have first season at city wins the treble and breaks the scoring record in arguably the best league in the world but lost cos Argentina won the World Cup and messi was there. 2021 messi collected the award no one knows why cos he did nothing special at psg at all with that superteam around him when realistically it should’ve gone to lewandowski who deserved it the year before as well but they cancelled it due to covid. 2019 van dijk robbed. 2018 Ronaldo robbed cos of World Cup tax again. Congratulations to Rodri cos if you actually watch football games you’ll see how important he was for city this past year and what they’re like without him (pretty sure he didn’t lose more than 3 games when he was playing/starting this past year). Football won for the first time in a while.
@ u forgetting how close it was with arsenal past 2 seasons ? Not saying he’s the sole reason they won it but he played a massive role and if you watch the games you’d know. U can even see from how they reacted to his injury against arsenal this season.
@ fyi he didn’t lose a single game last season in the prem or euros and city lost 3 when he didn’t play so even if u don’t watch all the games like that what does that tell you ?
It baffles me how people are asking for a criteria for choosing the winner. It is literally decided by voters ranking their top 10 from amongst the nominees. There is no criteria in a vote.
Is the ballon dOr actually worth it? An award from a magazine that a majority of fans probably don't even read. Club fan/players player of the year awards are probably more important.
Although I'm really having fun seeing Madridista meltdowns, it was kinda soothing to see someone talking about this objectively with research to back it up There's one thing I disagree with, because if a Real player had to win it, it should've been Reals most important and consistent player, which was Toni Kroos
You need to emphasize the fact that Rodri was the Player of the Tournament for Spain's Euro-winning squad. He had an outstanding season for Man City where he finished in the PFA Team of the Year 2023-24. He is arguably the most important player in both teams. The performance (not necessarily the result) of both his teams have suffered when he was absent showing how crucial he is for both teams!
The fact that Lautaro didn't finish in the top 5 is DISGUSTING. He was Serie a and copa america top scorer, scoring in the Copa America final. How was Haaland ahead of him?!?!
No one wants to talk about VVD coming second to Messi because there is this sense of arrogance of where La liga teams, basically the top two Spanish teams( particularly Real Madrid is seen as this entity that is God sent and its there divine right to have this award and all the new toys) No one wants to talk about how Robbert was ment to get the award during Covid. No one is talking about how Mane who came Second to Benzema legit was part of a team that could have made history by getting a quadruple if City did not score the one goal to win the league by a point and One goal from Vini separated Mane winning the UCL ... not only that but he also captained his National team to the Africa Cup of Nations ( the equivalent what European fans call the Euros, but no one cares about that competition as well as the Asian cup as its seen as a inconvenience for clubs... yet he did perform well. Where Benzemaonly showed up that year towards the knockouts... kinda crazy how time changes )
The worst is Lautaro Martinez finishing 7th..That was truly disgraceful. He did it for both club and country , but becaus ehe plays in Serie A and in Argentina he isnt Messi , they didnt even include his name in the conversation. DISGRACEFUL
No he wasn’t carried Madrid first have of the season has like the third highest match rating throughout the season you are crazy Martinez isn’t in this convo top 5 yes but not winning it
Talking about international tournaments being too important in the voting… imagine Haaland breaking the record for the most goals in a premier league season, while also winning the treble… and finishing second
Madrid will face the consequences of not attending... there will come a time in the future when we will rue that decision, there is a way to win and a way to lose and we went about it the wrong way
Saying Real Madrid players won nine times since 2000 is a fallacy. Cannavaro, Ronaldo and Figo won it 3 months after joining Madrid from their previous clubs with which they actually performed at world-clas level. Only Modric, Benzema and 4 times Ronaldo (not bad at all) won it as true Madrid players
Lets not forget one of the criteria is for fair play and class. Something Vinicius sorely lacks, he shot himself in the foot being such a massive helmet
Setting Real Madrid players won nine times since 2000 is a fallacy. Cannavaro, Ronaldo and Figo won it 3 months after joining Madrid from their previous clubs with which they actually performed at world-clas level. Only Modric, Benzema and 4 times Ronaldo (not bad at all) won it as true Madrid players
As a guy who watches multiple sports, safe to say you can say that the Ballon D’or doesn’t mean anything anymore. Modern awards are popularity contests. Rodri winning is valid, but the rest of the following top nominees are… they don’t make sense. Outside of Ancelotti and Bellingham, it’s really hard not to hate Real at the moment. Most villainous club in the word
I think the funniest part is the fans hurling abuse to random people on social media just because Rodri doesn't hav social media. Till now I have seen Rodrigo De Paul and Olivia Rodrigo getting the abuse.
The players on Juventus that didn't cheat shouldn't be put with the cheaters that got them relegated. Buffon and Cannavaro deserved to be there. They had a great season that year in Italy. They got relegated because of cheats. Can't pin that to them
Yeah and people say why wasn’t Messi and ronaldo here like did Pele in 1968 go to the ballon dor ceremony no hmmm what about maradona in 1986 no so why can’t ronaldo and Messi there is a whole different continent
I thought this was going to be another “Vini deserved it” rant like so many even football players have done lately (seriously, why tf does Mario freaking Lemina care who wins the Ballon D'Or?) but I honestly agree with the video. Yes, it shouldn’t have been leaked. Yes, the culture of not attending when you don’t win and making those sly remarks “I especially thank Vini and Carvajal”, especially when YOU STILL HAVE 2 of the top 3 players does show a lack of respect for the whole thing. Then again that s warranted as this is just a bunch of journalists picking their favourites, we are the ones that care about the Ballon d Or too much. It is literally one individual award out of others (FIFA Best Player, UEFA Men s POTY until this year when they partnered with France Football etc) voted by one journalist in each country (top 100 only starting this year, noo, give me my random Sri Lanka votes back!), it s not like anyone actually has the time or even the physical ability (matches going on at the same time) to watch every match or even most matches of the main contenders, it s just the big games in the WC/Euros (or Copa) /CL that decide it and the PR narrative. And even then people would still argue that this league is weaker than this other league so shining there don’t matter as much. Shame people will actually use it to argue player abilities though in debates but it is I guess a way to have a “consensus opinion” as to who the best player is (and then many people completely disagree anyway like you said about Sneijder 2010, Modric 2018 etc). Personally I would have probably voted Rodri myself but I wouldn’t have been outraged had it gone to Vini or even Carvajal, Bellingham though for me fell off too much in the second part of the season for Real to deserve it. Anyway, can we all just chill? Vini is crying into his Champions League and La Liga trophies while being named the second best player in the world, I get these people are competitive to an unfathomable degree but it s not like my man wasn’t even in the top 10 or doesn’t have trophies, this is a team sport after all so individual awards are pretty weird anyway, nobody plays football alone (except Messi or Pele or Maradona or something when they would just dribble by 5 players by themselves and score lol but even then you need a good defence to win the trophies that get you in contention for these awards too)
Real Madrid lost 2 games, both of which carvajal missed. Red card was to save his nation in the final minute of the game against the favourites (Germany) from a breakaway. Just bc u don’t watch outside prem, doesn’t mean there isn’t football outside of it. Modric won the balon dor for being the best Real Madrid player in 2018 ALONGSIDE carrying Croatia to the final. The fact that man city was made aware of the winner meanwhile uefa actively tried to embarrass Real Madrid in world wide stage speaks volumes. All this showed was how much our success bothers everyone worldwide
@@idk-dz3fo man city was made aware of the winner, meanwhile Madrid was expected to travel to the ceremony completely unaware until man city told them. This whole play is a dig bc of the political tension between ceferin and Perez regarding the super league and it shows whether it was the “disgrace” of memes pointing at Mbappe and Vinicius or during the announcement of the new ucl format.
@halamadrid1048 isnt that how that works? They usually only notify the winner, imagine getting a call from france football just so they can tell you you didnt win. Also i dont understand what memes you're talking about, could you clarify?
Fabrizio the kind of guy to shout out the ending of a movie during the opening scene
Dumbledor dies. Here. We. Go.
Idk whose idea it was to announce the winners early, it completely ruins it for the players fans and the man to win the award.
its not announced early, its just that the winner is always notified hours beforehand, so when real madrid realized none of their players got notified, they knew rodri won
i thought romano ruined it but he said vinicius. then he said rodri so i thought maybe it was unreliable but the leaked list ended up being accurate lol
Shouldn't be allowed to happen.
The fact that Watkins had one of the highest G/A in the world without a single pen and lead Villa to a top 4 finish, scored a clutch goal in the semi final of the euros only to not even get nominated is a disgrace, if they could nominate Olmo, palmer and Lookman then Watkins deserves a spot too
nah
Ehh close
nah g try again
same with guirassy
@@toonyoshi5734no he’s right I’m not saying he should win but come on he should definitely have been nominated
The best part of this, is that Carvajal has been trying to recruit Rodri for Real Madrid.
Considering he is an Atleti man, doubt it would succeed
@@kwanlinus6999he’s not, he was kicked from the academy then came back for one season…
Real has no problem with fellow spaniard Rodri winning the B'dor, they really want the player at the club. They just have a problem with the inconsistencies in the criteria of the award that is the result of the blatant corruption
@@sayansameerit's always blatant corruption when the winner isn't a Madrid player.
@sayansameer lol don't hold your breath. He's a City boiii and after Real's tantrum, stay put with Tchouameni😂😂😂
No one actually knows the criteria for Ballon D'or winner. Foden was City's best player last year but finished behind Haaland. Dani Olmo fnished 13th for one month of class after being poor for Leipzig. Mbappe did nothing special and finished above Lautaro Martinez who won Serie A, Copa Italia, Copa America and being top scorer in both competitions and scoring the winning goal. Lookman finished 14th off ONE GAME and Salah wasnt even nominated, what a joke.
Saka above Palmer looks crazy until you realise that Olmo and Lookman were way higher than both when they both didn't even deserve top 30
just a bunch of journalists picking favorites
Lautaro won the Supercoppa It was Juventus who won Coppa Italia
Plus Lookman was incredible all season for Atalanta he isn't a one match wonder like Rashford
I mean, none of what you said is about the winner but fair enough. For the winner it s generally WC>Euros>Champions League. Copa America is a strange one as you said, for some reason it didn’t push Lautaro very high this year but it did count for Messi. Overall we just care about some random journalists opinions too much I feel, maybe the French-speaking journalists wanted to vote Mbappe while the Latin Americans didn’t vote Lautaro due to the rivalries there and that s why the vote ended up as it did, this is a French newspaper handling the voting after all
Foden was rubbish in the Euros, which proves he is just a system player that can't play outside of Pep's system. Or maybe it's just Gareth Southgate.
One of the people who should feel the MOST robbed is Lautaro Martinez, for not even getting a mention in the conversation for the Ballon D'or after having done it for club AND country like Rodri did. All of that while also netting a surreal amount of goal contributions and big game moments.
Kane below Yamal and Mbappe was mental as well
At least Martinez got in above the 17 year old
Kane was trophyless@@Chloeprettyoccasionally
probably one of the greatest comebacks, he was good for his club 1-2 years ago but not for his country but this year he proved EVERYONE wrong. Easily better than Vini or Bellingham imo, made both his club and country proud.
@@soraeshan8082 And?
Mbappe won nothing of any importance and got less far in the euros and UCL with a worse g/a record in a better team on form
Yamal did nothing most of the season and he was outshone by Nico Williams at the Euros, the only thing he won. Also an average g/a record, although impressive for his age.
And Kane had the best g/a record in Europe, carried Bayern to a champion's league semi final, played through injury to take England to the Euros final, and was completely unplayable all season.
@@Chloeprettyoccasionally mbappe won ligue 1 bruh.
Kane went trophyless in bundesliga, brother Bayern did not win a single trophy for the first time in god knows how long. Thats different levels of shame.
The whole thing was ruined when the article leaked that Rodri won
Actually would've been insane had it not been leaked.
Yeah. Whoever wrote the article should be ashamed.
Happens every year
I could imagine it now them getting ready to call the name vini standing up them shouting rodri and rodri being in shock
Imagine Modric won without even winning the Intl Trophy!! He had only got to the final and both Messi & Ronaldo had 50+ goal seasons.
He deserved it lets not be silly
@@JozaManolic103if modric deserve it then how come rodri's win is robbed?
@@Blaziken0017 it isnt
@@blakedesbruslais exactly, too much crying from everyone
Antoine Griezmann should have won it in 2018, Modric should have come like 5th in the Podium..
With that behavior, Real Madrid don’t deserve any award imo.
Yeah like real were the first to not show up to the ceremony
Btw both Messi and Ronaldo skipped ceremonies where they knew they weren't gonna win and nobody cared. Now that it's Vini of course ppl are gonna hate
@@steamroll50 yeah no one can ever say anything bad about Messi or Ronaldo being “sore losers” cause they didn’t attend but with Vini everyone wants to hate
Is d award for good behaviour ?😒
@@DCFlorez And idiots still say that we are corrupt when a *certain* club literally paid the refs for decades. It's us against the world. Vini fully deserved it and will win it soon
Haaland had a way better season than Vini last year and he congratulated Messi
Messi and Ronaldo were in a class of their own. No one can go up to their face and insult these two and expect zero consequences. If Haaland didn't (which he shouldn't cuz its disrespectful), he would definitely be witch hunted by social media and the press.
@@kwanlinus6999thats no excuse to disrespect rodri
i used to root for mbappe to achieve more than haaland but now i want haaland to have the most success of the new age trio (vini’s the third of the trio)
@@kwanlinus6999 yeah but Haaland should have won last year and he didn't cry about it on social media
@Bluemoon933 exactly. Vini on the other hand was just capitalizing on his anti-racism campaign for something completely unrelated.
Meanwhile, Vini will not say a thing about how Madridstas racially abused David Alaba after he voted Messi over Benzema in Ballon d'Or voting
Bars
Wait. Does ANYBODY care about the Ballon D'or anymore? I didn't even know the ceremony was yesterday
I stopped caring about it after van Dijk and Lewandowski got robbed in back to back ceremonies (or lack thereof for the latter)
I personally care.
@@privatetaxcollector1957 Van Dijk lmfaoooooooooooooooo
yeah it's clearly just for show to represent some esoteric quality of being favored that year for whatever reason. Doesn't have much to do with who actually is the best player, rather, it's some kind of abstract indicator of prestige and random whim
No only pathetic ronaldo fans pretend to not care thats all
This video should go viral. I hear people saying real are right for doing this but just imagine where rodri is coming from. Imagine being one of the forerunners of the national team that won you clubs nation the euros and then not attending leaving him alone at the podium and not even tweeting to congratulate him as representatives of the biggest club in the world.PATHETIC
youe bich ass acting like barca didn't do that in 2016 when ronaldo won the euros and ucl
And he’s on the Spanish national team they should support a fellow Spaniard
I feel so bad for Rodri, I truly do. He won the ballon d'or but Real Madrid didn't congratulate him. His life must be so difficult
Rodri deserved it, last season whenever we had to play without him, we weren't up to City standards and were in shambles, he was the anchor to one of the world's best teams and was an exceptional POTS in the Euros
He wasn't even Spain's best pkayer mate
@@adviso7472he was still important
@@adviso7472de bruyne never won player of the month because of consistency If Rodri played like shit for city they would be caught on the counter so many times like that are now
@@adviso7472 but got voted player of the Euros
Every time City played without rodri they lost, excluding the fa cup final and post arsenal games
He was in every meaning of the word, important, not just with his control of the game but with his goals, even if that goal against Sheffield United that won City the game 2 1 didn't go in, City would have lost the league, and ye he had 12 G/A less then Vini, a winger
@@adviso7472just not true is it though
Doesn't matter if vini or rodri won it, the ballon d'or is washed now...
If anyone had ever seen Real Madrid TV, this victim mentality is a part of their club. Robby Lou made a video on it, if anyone wants to check it out, but its rarely spoken about. They complain and cry after every defeat.. and it spreads through the fanbase.. and puts pressure on referees
So far, this might be the most sensible take on this year's balon dor. Weldone Irish guy
It's also a disgrace that Palmer finished 25th. I'm not saying he should be top 3, or even top 5. But come on, he single handedly dragged an abysmal Chelsea side to 6th in the league. We would've been bottom half if not for him. His stats are just ridiculous. Also chuck in the fact that he scored in the acutal Euros final. Should be top 10, in my opinion.
If Palmer is consistently good for another season or 2, he could be in the top 5, that's how Ballon d' Or works, they don't like one season wonders
Just proves the Ballondor is bullshit
Ballon D’or is a popularity contest unfortunately. Journalists who only watch football through sofascore are only gonna vote for Palmer if he hires a PR team
@@kingfwogger yeah, considering how they claim only one year of performance will be measured
Watkins had almost the same amount of G/A as Palmer with 0 pens while playing in Villa and he doesn't even get nominated 🤡🤡
7:27 as someone from a country landlocked by South Africa i totally got it
Lesotho
I love the fact Madrid chose to leave Rodri to accept his award alone
As a City fan, I now have no worries that Rodri will be leaving for Madrid as they have spoiled his big night (also journalists ruined it by leaking the info)
Also these players who are supporting Vini are absolutely shameless
Bro is an attacker and barely got more G/A than Rodri in open play
Not to mention how bad he is for Brazil
If Bellingham's chances for Ballon D'or were stunted by his performances for England then Vini's chances should have died as well, more so cause he was worse for country
Jude should have won it
@@poptraxx418the guy who wasn’t good for the entirety of 2024? yeah alright mate
The Ballon D'Or is actually just so annoying now like no one knows the criteria for the rankings, journalists ruin the event, clubs and players don't take it seriously, yet it still gets so much coverage. It really doesn't hold that much value, it's just an award from a magazine! Everything about it is a joke
Here is a list (my opinion) of what the Balon Dor would look like if it was fair/fairer
1 - Rodri - individually i do still think he was better and more important to his team its just hard to show because City could win the Prem with their B team at this point
2 - Viny - the best attacker in terms of output for his team who won everything (importance on HIS team) outside of the Spanish Cup but overall not even near top output compared to others even with adjusted minutes
3 - Jude Bellingham - Fantastic start and debut season for club and country but towards the later parts he was really lacking on off the ball play which might have cost him a Euros still clutch from time to time
4 - Harry Kane - Despite not winning anything cause of a broken Bayern side and losing in the final Kane for me was the best performer of the year , most complete in-form striker right now just sucks that he is anti clutch but if we are being honest his teammates also massively failed him from time to time
5 - Lautaro Martinez - Top scorer in the second best League in the world (per Uefa and Opta ) and top scorer in the Copa America , won a domestic double and his confederations trophy by being the main man , an early UCL exit is all he has for wrongs
6 - Alejandro Grimaldo - Euro winner and invincible domestic double and Europa league finalist , lost 1 game all year , was the best performing full back in the world along side his counterpart Frimpong , also insane output as a fullback actually 3 G/A off Vinicius himself AS A FULLBACK
7 - Toni Kroos - Great last season from an individuall and team prespective , Toni pretty much as class as always Germany's defeat is the only reason he isnt higher
Anything under these 7 players can be whatever imo these are the only players who were clear cut better than everyone else , shout outs however go to , Salah , Rudiger , F. Valverde , Foden , Palmer , Halaand , Xhaka , Carvajal , Emi Martinez , Calhanoglou , Frimpong , Wirtz , Saliba , Rice in no particular order
Great list
Maybe shift Vini to 4th and swap Kane and Bellingham and then it would be basically Perfect
Vini had 37 g/a the whole season and rodri had 26 . International tournaments matter more these days when it comes to ballon d'or. This behavior from real is egregious
Rodri is a defensive midfielder too😭
@@phistoltv5196 exactly that's my point. Rodri deserves the ballon d'or
@hariharankrishnan4101 the fact that international tournaments matter so much more is a disgrace, vini won the ucl, la liga and super cup and it was very evident when he wasnt playing, look at city now that rodri isnt playing, theyre top of the table, vini deserves it
@@BhutanbaIIcontext matters city are still winning but they’re playing terribly rn without rodri and it doesn’t help that vini stinks for brazil
@OdeanSmith-y9y brazil are terrible in general, also haaland last year wasnt good for norway, madrid were also bad when vini wasnt there
real Madrid boycotting the ballon dor is just peak shamelessness
It is very shameful to be a Madrid fan atm. Like what disgraceful and distasteful behaviour. We are the best club ever and have the best players and we are acting like petty little girls
Man shut up you fake fan. We’re not the first to not show up and we won’t be the last. There’s absolutely no shame in the club choosing to support its player
It’s was a robbery and we shouldn’t sit down to witness it if you like watching robberies you can watch it
@@poptraxx418 how was it a robbery? You all speaking as if Vini was even the best attacker last season
@@poptraxx418 "robbery"? Ballon D'or is just whoever people like the most to be a symbol for that year these days. It doesn't mean anything
@@RaheemRadgman he was by miles better than rodri
I'm sorry but Rodri absolutely deserved the Ballon d'Or. What he was doing from DM was not normal.
He didn’t vini did he should have won it last year though
@@poptraxx418Bellingham was better than Vini
@@jonenthusiast_vini is the literal reason they even won their trophies, Jude had a great season yes but vini was carrying more even when he was out with two injuries during the season
This video oozes good football knowledge, actually healed my brain after seeing all the salty madrid fans complaining about it 😂
Madrid fans: but but but ballon dor lost it's credibility and we care about who actually deserve it.... (But the award is still credible as long as our favorite players won it)
nice circlejerk going on here
@@Blaziken0017 the ballondor DID lose its credibility, all the way back in 2018. But these people are only saying it now
Most Madrid fans are braindead and only care about success they’re the biggest losers who live through the success of others hence why they support them
@@ahnaflfc369 people has already cry "robbed" Way back when thierry didn't win it, it's nothing new losers will always complain
I am fine with Rodri winning it. My issue is how people wanted to see Vini lose rather than Rodri winning it. Rodri had an even better season last year and yet barely anyone wanted him to win it or even make the podium. It seems so disingenuous and shows how far this award has fallen
It was a disgrace that Aunt Helga didn't win...
3:56 too true. Can't escape her. Get jumpscared everytime couple youtube videos
Everyone hates Man City. Rodri getting unnecessary hate.
@@HonestTom1892 LOL. Nobody cares about Man City enough to hate them
I wonder why they hate a sportswashing project owned by a slave worker oil state
@@heIIbIazerlol Facts I wonder why 😂😂
Rodri wasnt even spains best player at euros imo. If it about trophies look at carvajal who won CL Euros and the league
The same Rodri that wasn't voted by City fans as their best player of that season, it was Phil Foden.
I would like the Ballon d'Or to be like a hall of fame induction. You win once and that's it. Sneijder, Neuer, Ribery, Xavi, Neymar etc. would all be uncontested winners.
I would like a ballen dor for each role, comparing players like Vini and Rodri makes no sense to me
Irish Guy next video - Amorim is a Jose disciple .. he will cook at Man Utd
I like how you diminish major International competitions as if doesn't bring any weight to the discussion.
Fr, ask any player or legend that has won every type of trophy for club and country, ask them what their favorite trophy is and most will name their international trophies.
he's Irish tbf, Ireland hasn't qualified for a major international tournament since 2016
@@phistoltv5196international games are not of a higher quality than the if the ucl champion will trash the wc champion
because it shouldn't. It's only a few games. If it's meant to represent the best player in the world that year, trophies shouldn't matter, only individual performance. But it doesn't mean that, obviously, and honestly, the Ballon D'or doesn't really mean anything
@@poptraxx418 that wasn't my argument to begin with. I said international trophy is more important achievement to a player that has won everything. It means more winning silverware for your country.
Plus you can't compare club and national football. They both are affected by different factors.
In international football teams you work with what you what, you get to meet for a limited amount of time therefore it's not as easy to drill tactics and chemistry like with a club. The competitions are spaced apart in a lengthy gap which can see drastic changes to the team from one tournament to the next since you can't replenish the squad by simply buying talents. You can go from having a super squad to a having bums from one international tournament to the next.
That city calling Madrid to tell them article was insane cinema ngp
People here talking about robberies like the last one wasn’t one of the biggest robberies of all time. Erling Haaland had one of if not the best seasons a striker could ever have first season at city wins the treble and breaks the scoring record in arguably the best league in the world but lost cos Argentina won the World Cup and messi was there. 2021 messi collected the award no one knows why cos he did nothing special at psg at all with that superteam around him when realistically it should’ve gone to lewandowski who deserved it the year before as well but they cancelled it due to covid. 2019 van dijk robbed. 2018 Ronaldo robbed cos of World Cup tax again. Congratulations to Rodri cos if you actually watch football games you’ll see how important he was for city this past year and what they’re like without him (pretty sure he didn’t lose more than 3 games when he was playing/starting this past year).
Football won for the first time in a while.
oh come on are you really pretending city wouldn't have won the league if it wasn't for Rodri?
@ u forgetting how close it was with arsenal past 2 seasons ? Not saying he’s the sole reason they won it but he played a massive role and if you watch the games you’d know. U can even see from how they reacted to his injury against arsenal this season.
@ fyi he didn’t lose a single game last season in the prem or euros and city lost 3 when he didn’t play so even if u don’t watch all the games like that what does that tell you ?
I'm surprised you didn't say that Bruno Guimaraes should have won it
No, obviously it was Allan Saint-Maximin, duh.
If I was a Madrid fan, I would be very ashamed
Reminder: The Irish guy said Chelsea would finish 15th
even a broken clock is right twice a day
It baffles me how people are asking for a criteria for choosing the winner. It is literally decided by voters ranking their top 10 from amongst the nominees. There is no criteria in a vote.
This is one of the best rants you've had Irish guy
The ridiculous thing for me is how Real feel entitled to the award as if an argument can't be made that Rodri deserved it.
😂😂😂😂😂 we knew the results weeks and months in advance and then they spoil the switch results
Is the ballon dOr actually worth it? An award from a magazine that a majority of fans probably don't even read. Club fan/players player of the year awards are probably more important.
Imagine losing 4-0 to your greatest rivals at home and days later you get publically embarrassed by France Football in front of the world
France Football didnt embarass them in any way, they embarrassed themselves
Although I'm really having fun seeing Madridista meltdowns, it was kinda soothing to see someone talking about this objectively with research to back it up
There's one thing I disagree with, because if a Real player had to win it, it should've been Reals most important and consistent player, which was Toni Kroos
9:48 Irish guy just doesn't want to give Henry a Ballon dor 😂
Unfortunately it doesnt just come down to perfomances. Its a individual award thats constantly decided by a teams season
vini didn’t deserve to win guys let’s be real
He did
He did 😢
He did, they made a massive mess
He did
Neither did Rodri then
One of the worst ballon dors of all time. Even if Vini won it would still be the worst of all time
Messi and Ronaldo have spoilt you, there’s been a tonne of worse winners. Plus why is everyone acting as if Rodri is a bum
I’m more shocked that people are surprised at Madrid’s behaviour
the winner gets told a few days before the award for advertisements we learnt that last year with messi’s haircut
another good point is that rodri didn't even get pfa player of the season, just shows how much international football sways the vote
You need to emphasize the fact that Rodri was the Player of the Tournament for Spain's Euro-winning squad. He had an outstanding season for Man City where he finished in the PFA Team of the Year 2023-24. He is arguably the most important player in both teams. The performance (not necessarily the result) of both his teams have suffered when he was absent showing how crucial he is for both teams!
Yall acting like we didn’t know a month in advance that Messi or Ronaldo had won
The Real Madrid squad boycotting the award was the most pettiness i ever seen
The fact that Lautaro didn't finish in the top 5 is DISGUSTING. He was Serie a and copa america top scorer, scoring in the Copa America final. How was Haaland ahead of him?!?!
as long as the journalist have the vote, this ballon dor was a joke
I think you should do a separate video where you address the issue of people calling Rodri ballon dor a robbery as if he was nowhere near Vini
No one wants to talk about VVD coming second to Messi because there is this sense of arrogance of where La liga teams, basically the top two Spanish teams( particularly Real Madrid is seen as this entity that is God sent and its there divine right to have this award and all the new toys) No one wants to talk about how Robbert was ment to get the award during Covid. No one is talking about how Mane who came Second to Benzema legit was part of a team that could have made history by getting a quadruple if City did not score the one goal to win the league by a point and One goal from Vini separated Mane winning the UCL ... not only that but he also captained his National team to the Africa Cup of Nations ( the equivalent what European fans call the Euros, but no one cares about that competition as well as the Asian cup as its seen as a inconvenience for clubs... yet he did perform well. Where Benzemaonly showed up that year towards the knockouts... kinda crazy how time changes )
The worst is Lautaro Martinez finishing 7th..That was truly disgraceful. He did it for both club and country , but becaus ehe plays in Serie A and in Argentina he isnt Messi , they didnt even include his name in the conversation. DISGRACEFUL
Jude Bellingham was overrated last season
Rodri and even Lautaro were far better
No he wasn’t carried Madrid first have of the season has like the third highest match rating throughout the season you are crazy Martinez isn’t in this convo top 5 yes but not winning it
Talking about international tournaments being too important in the voting… imagine Haaland breaking the record for the most goals in a premier league season, while also winning the treble… and finishing second
I genuinely didn't know Iron Man dies in avengers endgame 😂
Madrid will face the consequences of not attending... there will come a time in the future when we will rue that decision, there is a way to win and a way to lose and we went about it the wrong way
Fabrizio is the worst thing to happen to this sport.
rpm profile pic, I see you're a man of culture as well
Unironically though, you're right
Saying Real Madrid players won nine times since 2000 is a fallacy. Cannavaro, Ronaldo and Figo won it 3 months after joining Madrid from their previous clubs with which they actually performed at world-clas level. Only Modric, Benzema and 4 times Ronaldo (not bad at all) won it as true Madrid players
Lets not forget one of the criteria is for fair play and class. Something Vinicius sorely lacks, he shot himself in the foot being such a massive helmet
Setting Real Madrid players won nine times since 2000 is a fallacy. Cannavaro, Ronaldo and Figo won it 3 months after joining Madrid from their previous clubs with which they actually performed at world-clas level. Only Modric, Benzema and 4 times Ronaldo (not bad at all) won it as true Madrid players
Thank you someone agrees with me that Jude deserved it more than Vini, thought I was going crazy
As a guy who watches multiple sports, safe to say you can say that the Ballon D’or doesn’t mean anything anymore.
Modern awards are popularity contests. Rodri winning is valid, but the rest of the following top nominees are… they don’t make sense.
Outside of Ancelotti and Bellingham, it’s really hard not to hate Real at the moment. Most villainous club in the word
We all knew it wasn’t going to be a good ceremony when the shortlist was announced
I think the funniest part is the fans hurling abuse to random people on social media just because Rodri doesn't hav social media. Till now I have seen Rodrigo De Paul and Olivia Rodrigo getting the abuse.
5:51 I’m pretty sure it’s because Carvajal scored in the final of the champions league putting them 1-0 up.
You know what’s mad I got that aunt Helga advert straight after you finishing saying it
Didn’t mention the mockery Vini was shown on live broadcasts
The players on Juventus that didn't cheat shouldn't be put with the cheaters that got them relegated. Buffon and Cannavaro deserved to be there. They had a great season that year in Italy. They got relegated because of cheats. Can't pin that to them
People say why wasn’t ronaldo or Messi here but they weren’t even nominated
They finally reached the point where they couldn't use the 2022 world cup as justification Messi winning
Yeah and people say why wasn’t Messi and ronaldo here like did Pele in 1968 go to the ballon dor ceremony no hmmm what about maradona in 1986 no so why can’t ronaldo and Messi there is a whole different continent
Every year this gets leaked, ballondor needs to be better.
Look at the Irish Guy dropping Alfie type stats and numbers.😂
Madrid ain’t upset at Vini not winning it they just upset at A Madrid player Not winning it
Irish guy won the Ballan D'or!
I thought this was going to be another “Vini deserved it” rant like so many even football players have done lately (seriously, why tf does Mario freaking Lemina care who wins the Ballon D'Or?) but I honestly agree with the video. Yes, it shouldn’t have been leaked. Yes, the culture of not attending when you don’t win and making those sly remarks “I especially thank Vini and Carvajal”, especially when YOU STILL HAVE 2 of the top 3 players does show a lack of respect for the whole thing. Then again that s warranted as this is just a bunch of journalists picking their favourites, we are the ones that care about the Ballon d Or too much. It is literally one individual award out of others (FIFA Best Player, UEFA Men s POTY until this year when they partnered with France Football etc) voted by one journalist in each country (top 100 only starting this year, noo, give me my random Sri Lanka votes back!), it s not like anyone actually has the time or even the physical ability (matches going on at the same time) to watch every match or even most matches of the main contenders, it s just the big games in the WC/Euros (or Copa) /CL that decide it and the PR narrative. And even then people would still argue that this league is weaker than this other league so shining there don’t matter as much. Shame people will actually use it to argue player abilities though in debates but it is I guess a way to have a “consensus opinion” as to who the best player is (and then many people completely disagree anyway like you said about Sneijder 2010, Modric 2018 etc). Personally I would have probably voted Rodri myself but I wouldn’t have been outraged had it gone to Vini or even Carvajal, Bellingham though for me fell off too much in the second part of the season for Real to deserve it. Anyway, can we all just chill? Vini is crying into his Champions League and La Liga trophies while being named the second best player in the world, I get these people are competitive to an unfathomable degree but it s not like my man wasn’t even in the top 10 or doesn’t have trophies, this is a team sport after all so individual awards are pretty weird anyway, nobody plays football alone (except Messi or Pele or Maradona or something when they would just dribble by 5 players by themselves and score lol but even then you need a good defence to win the trophies that get you in contention for these awards too)
What is a bigger joke is, RUclipsrs being allowed in Ballon D'or
The fact is that Madrid know that vinicius lost because of racism
oh ffs I haven’t watched endgame yet…iron man dies?!?!?
It's like they don't know what to do now they can't just gift it to Messi or Ronaldo
didn’t know ironman died in that movie
Ahh the 2024 Ballon d'Or, AKA 'the day Real Madrid, their players and their fans whined like spoiled children'.
RM, players and fans are just pissed they lost the Clasico match that badly 😂
A dm winning it is peak football , dms are integral to the game , who is the best dm inn the world ? Rodri by miles , he deserved it
Real Madrid ruined football again. Not suprised tbh. They are so entitled. Big up rodri for taking it and dealing with Madrid's terrible intentions.
If Vinicius Jr. had fair skin and blue eyes he would be winning his second or third Balon D'or
NO WAY IRONMAN DIED IN ENDGAME???? WHY DID YOU JUST SPOIL AAAAAAAAAAA
Individual awards for a team sport are utterly stoopid.
Or at least those not voted by their peers.
Any award based on vote is a joke, even if the voters are pro at the topic.
Why ballandor is taken so seriously ?
6:33 says one of the greatest managers of all time and shows this football club logo in the background 😂😂.. funny af
I actually agreed with you until you dissed modric
Real Madrid lost 2 games, both of which carvajal missed. Red card was to save his nation in the final minute of the game against the favourites (Germany) from a breakaway. Just bc u don’t watch outside prem, doesn’t mean there isn’t football outside of it. Modric won the balon dor for being the best Real Madrid player in 2018 ALONGSIDE carrying Croatia to the final. The fact that man city was made aware of the winner meanwhile uefa actively tried to embarrass Real Madrid in world wide stage speaks volumes. All this showed was how much our success bothers everyone worldwide
How did they try to embarrass madrid?? I keep hearing people say this and i dont know what theyre talking about.
@@idk-dz3fo man city was made aware of the winner, meanwhile Madrid was expected to travel to the ceremony completely unaware until man city told them. This whole play is a dig bc of the political tension between ceferin and Perez regarding the super league and it shows whether it was the “disgrace” of memes pointing at Mbappe and Vinicius or during the announcement of the new ucl format.
@halamadrid1048 isnt that how that works? They usually only notify the winner, imagine getting a call from france football just so they can tell you you didnt win. Also i dont understand what memes you're talking about, could you clarify?
@ feel free to look all of this up yourself it wouldn’t take more than 30 seconds to find really
@@halamadrid1048 I honestly dont know what to search up 😭 i tried and couldnt find anything
you know they humiliated vini publicly live, right? why would you think madrid will send representatives?